Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 77, Ed. 1 Monday, June 28, 1926 Page: 3 of 4
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FOR LIGHT CARS
MOTOR CA
country during
The thirteenth proved an unlucky j kenman refused to discuss'the price. (
~ country.
if-he hasn't
When the contemplated .
MINUTE MOVIES
Mpy-wey- iona* letxgo
Tub basco
G. SIMMONS
a very
Estell
reason
that- they
balance of
in this country it will c
with four-wheel brakes.
managed to get him, he would send
Shires to Tyler.
Dick Shuman, one of the three left
handers on the Dallas staff, is now
beginning to slip. He has been pitch-
ing fair baseball, but in Waco Satur-
day was hit hard and often .
that- he belongs, tire Western asso-
ciation. '
victory although he was
the box by. Shreveport
inning.
_ /file.. Dallas hasrhall team continues
to maul the old agate. That Williams,
Miller, Riley-Woeber combination has
lost none of its spring-time effective-
ness, but Dallas is still bunting for
pitchers. •
Houston, howeve?! may yet get a
real pennant contender together, but
when it does, the club will have to
quit signing Western league stars and
get some ball players. Western lea-
gue stars are stars only when they
are in the western league. .
amount of acceleration in a car is not
only desirable but essential as well.
With certain states already enforc-
ing law# regarding safe lighting, it is
not far distant before the same kind
of enforcement will prevail
I Estell by any means, nor has
iced Kane.
wait to follow
t or<
Slowly but surely Rogers Hornsby
is clubbing his way back to the top
in the National league. There seems
to be no one with enough punch to
go out and get a real batting lead.
During the,..past
A meo^ car
has ^J^reatly ini
question wf travelling fast on wheels.
San Antonio released Mike Collins,
and Dallas signed him. Dallas is so
weak in the pitching department that
,—___
it will try anything once, but it cer-
tainly is taking a gamble with Col-
lins. He has been as wild" as a Bow-
ery flapper this season.
YOUTH
a film comets w €
And Houston purchased George
Brovoid from Mobile. President An-
game of the season Saturday,
Temple to’ three hits to put
2-to-l victory. Whitworth is
a remarkable year and may
the first and only Texas asso-
.pitcher to win 30 games in one
1 in the Tex'S# leagu£ and the
- this year remind the fans of
quite often—they are so differs-
^Lt> MAH FLASK HAD
LOTS OF DOUGH - IN
FACT HE HAD LOTS
OF EvER/THlN G-,
EXCEPT INFLUEN
WlTW MIS OWN
DAUGMT&R,
He was probably ashamed to.
paid wliat Brovoid was worth, then
the. price wasn't worth mentioning,
and if he paid a -neat sum for Bro-
vold, then Ankenman probably didn't
want *to hear the snicker of the Ians
“TIKE a comet.” .
JLy Thia is the way the new “ 70 ” Willys-Knight
Six burst across America’s motor-car firmament.
The evidence is conclusive. Only 6 months old—
yet 30,000 sold in the past 90 days.
This new “70” Willys-Knight Six is admittedly
the most up-to-date car in America. '
It has the most powerful standard motor of its
size so far produced in this country.
Tests prove it the most efficient automobile built
—and the most active.
The motor of the new “70” Willys-Knight Six
is an exclusive feature—the fa- "s
With aii averqgC-Of about .365 Cuyler ^hpjigh hewa*
'Affair*# no# 'UrSm? cKrtSf
year when the Bear# traded him to
Dallas for Khadot. Both claimed they
got the worst of the deal. Dalia*
was in dire need of an infielder but
Brovoid couldn't make the club.
an hour it is entirety feasible tn Mop
them within three and a half to four
times their own length.
This rate of deceleration is practi-
cal and will work n<> hakard on the
oycftWlint* at the car.I
(AH rights protected by The George Matthew Adams Bsrvics Trade Mark Registered In U. A Patent Office)
OUT TO-NIGHT - KNOW
WELL THAT THE DUKE OF
nuisance IS
COMING TO
CALL on yen)
EE> WHEELAN
/bresenhr
EDIAN? IN
wear 'winch
miles to Ml
watchful eye
turned the
. Tylsw wieed Thursday- -
would take Shires for the
the season, and would try to keep hitn
on the roster until the close. Pfatt
immediately- wired back thjt he was
dickering for the services of Jim Bot-
n. formA Teryell star, made
s league debut Saturday in
Antonio uniform. He received
hr the
out of
eighth
pean type of light car which is so]
manifest in this country at the pres-j
ent time the question of four-wheel braking, a four-wheel brake <
brakes on our lighter cars is
ing serious consideration from
majority of builders. )
Light cars ci>n be equipped
brakes which will atop thegi in
one and a half to twice their
length from a speed of twenty
few years the
btA - «. . .
amazingly short distance because they
have ’ highly' efficient four-wheel
brakes.
It has:
miles an hour.
Extraordinarily long sustained high ipwd.
Power on any hili to pass moat can in high.
may help tlie Houston team, for *the
chib has almost reached the stage
where nothing could do it much
harm, but. tn his most flashy moods,
Brovoid is ^10 star. Houston, it
seems, has enough like him now. He
wasn't good enough for San Antonio
last year, and it was the joke of the
JLtrtierts may have had
feason for not signing
• year and not knowing his
it from us to attempt to cri-
tnotor cars which . have been .built
within the' past two years particular-
ly. Today we have motor cars in all
but the lighter rnodel^
jump in
standing
own in that direction without having at
miles equal limit in the opposite direction,
miles
Bobby. Jones has now won about
all the golfing laurels there are to
win. He will probably start oyer
again, ..however. He is still much
younger than 'most of the great stars
His -ASstery in the
.came as quite a surprise.
tor, patented—which other man
ufacturers would give millions to get
Quieter, more powerful, more
JjTX.’y.Tofher
its size.when new, the Kni t
sleeve-valve motor grows smoother,
more powerful, more efficient with
every mile.
number for Teddy Lyons and he
could got win it Saturday, the former
Baylor ace losing to the St. Louis
Browns in the.ninth, 5 to 4. That
made five losseirfor Teddy. He has
won 12 games.
7*/i seconds.
Powerful four-wheel mechanical brakes, the
w/S- . -
light car* with these stopping pbw-
receiv- tne two-wheel brake ear will be
the against a stiff proposition to quali
Already traffic laws are all direc
with toward a speeding up of the me
t Estell has signed to umpire batting above .312. During the pres-i
Western Jpague. He formerly ent-home stay Shires has gone to bat.
25 times and cracked out 12 hits, al-
most an a verage. of .500, r
requires no carbon-cleaning
It has no valves to grind ... It has no springs to 1
weaken. •*
It is practically fool-proof and wear-proof.. .TO
So far as we know, no Willys-Knight motor has
ever worn out.
Sales prove this new “70" Willys-Knight Six ia\
the most suitable car for most families. Please ride |
in it. You will find it the most economical and con-)
tinuously satisfactory car you can drive.
The new Willys Finance Plan means less money down, smaller
monthly payments; and the lowest credit-coat in the industry.
•‘70” Willys-Knight Six from $1295 to $1495; Willys-Knight Great
Six, a luxury car as superior in its class as the " 70", from $1750 to $2495.
Frice* f. o. b. factory. We reserve the right to change prices and apeta-1
hcations without notice. Willys-Overland, Inc., Toledo, Ohio. J
By George W. Sutton, Jr.
(Editor's Not*—Mr. Sutton, whose
articles on automotive subjects appear
in the majority of the leading motor
trade journals and many magazines,
it conducting an invgstigatioti of lite
light car of the future aa it will pro-
bably appear in this
the present year).
the driver or occupant# and without
the slightest tendency to twist the
steering wheels.
| The practical type of four-wlteel
, brake for the light car would Ims tne-
i. t'px jumL ■ Lully....,
lit other word* the bands would
of the internal expanding type located
within tbevlirake drums.
( Since the emergency brake I* that
in name only, and is rarely ever used
except to hold the car on a slope or
against the curb, it could lie built to
operate on the same bahd in the rear
wheel# a* the four wheel brake cudM
mem.
$
This is a type of construction which
is in favor in Europe and which has
been used with highly! satisfacto^
result*.
KNIGHT
MATCHETT MOTOR SALES
Brenham, Texas
A recent invM*igag«»n among traf
fic officer* hzi shown that practically
every one of them favor* the equip-,
ping oj light car* with four-wheel
brakes.
Agitation against four-wheel brake*
has been largely due to the fact that
th# equipment was not general on
car* below a certain price and *i*e
of rntfsburgTi is selWft^fc pOi:
and Hornsby is more than apt to go
beyond that mark.- He now rank*
with the first lialf dozen hitters with
an average oL.144.
which wilt
the wink of an eye from a
start.
It is a rather poor sort
will nor-travcl from 55
mile# an hour whrn the
of the traffic officer is
If other way.
This ha# brought with it the neces-
sity for having ears' that will -stop
with about the same tc.lerity. The
four-wheel brake is regular equip-
ment on the great majority of our
present" day automobiles''in all but the
light car class.
And thi* ha* brought a hardship on
the driver of the light car which he
is going to have corrected if hi* voice
can be heard amoitft the larges manu-
facturers*
It's not a pleasant sensation for the
.driver of a light car to see sotne six
or eiglii-cyRniler vehicle ahead of him
decelerate at a rate about double hi*
own possibility of stopping. The vi-
sion of crashed front lamps, bent fen-
ders, and the chance of a twisted
frame are not to hi* liking.
54 horsepower, long stroke motor, cdted'at 20.
The tax saving is only part of its economy.
when Waco prepares to get rid
rWv Davis, he begins to hit like
L He has now hit 14 runs. If
6d been given an even start
i rivals he may have given
trouble for premier home
He ha* played in only
games and has Mt 10 home
Riley, Dallas 1st baseman is playing
great ball these days, both in the field
and at bat. He had a hitting spurt j tn hour. From a #peed of forty
Shires, well known baseball
this section.
her daily. He is
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Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 77, Ed. 1 Monday, June 28, 1926, newspaper, June 28, 1926; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1179588/m1/3/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.